by Conor McPherson
Hit of the Off-Broadway 1998 New York Season
WINNER 1997 Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright (The Weir)
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
Sex. Vampires. Theatre critics.
St Nicholas is a macabrely funny and wickedly chilling tale of a misanthropic theatre critic who takes up pimping for vampires in exchange for life coaching.
A deftly written cautionary tale by the Irish playwright best know for his international hit play The Weir, St Nicholas stars Peter Holland and proves vampires and theatre critics aren’t quite the same.
Conor McPherson is arguably one of the most original, significant and acclaimed writers of his generation with the London Telegraph describing him as "the finest dramatist of his generation..."
PerthNow, July 11 2007
"This is a very fine play about being human, about hope and about storytelling (thank god for the Irish) and Holland does it all very well... St Nicholas is a wonderfully renewing experience..."
Jan Hallam
The Post Newspaper, July 14 2007
"...Peter Holland is the ideal storyteller...in a warm Irish brogue, finds the perfect balance between contempt and humour for easy, comfortable and unaffected yarnspinning...Another success for PTC's new associate director Melissa Cantwell, the lighting and sound effects are unobtrusively simple and clever...It is an unreasonable but tender tale on the nature of human beings or on being human, of human weariness and inhuman encounters, skillfully told."
Sarah McNeill
Theatre Australia July 17 2007
"Melissa Cantwell - straight from her tremendous success with 'The Goat' - has deftly guided Peter through this sinister chronicle...Holland...completely captured your imagination and attention. Matthew Marshall's multitude of very subtle light changes and well thought-out light positions worked wonderfully at the hands of operator Anna Dymitr-Hawkes. Likewise the very subtle sound effects of the pub and street sounds by Kingley Reeve were convincing...beautifully presented, truly professional performance...This is an actor performing superbly...A different and engrossing tale. Stunning performance."
Gordon Johnson
Cast & Crew
- Anna Dymitr Hawkes
Stage Manager - Peter Holland
Actor - Matt Marshall
Lighting Designer - Kingsley Reeve
Sound Design
